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RSS credit cardsCitrix Solutions for Complying With PCI-DSS: Ensuring Protection of Web Applications and Privacy of Cardholder Information
White Paper The standard comprises a set of directives for entities that handle credit cards, with the goal of reducing fraud. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is a global standard governed by the major credit card companies. [13 May 2008]
PCI Compliance: The Importance of Securing Payment Information
White Paper The vast majority of these cases stemmed from data breaches associated with credit cards. Fraud and identity theft are on the rise. The Federal Trade Commission received more than 685,000 complaints of fraud and identity theft in 2005, totaling... [13 May 2008]
Meeting and Exceeding PCI 1.1 Compliance Today
White Paper All merchants and service providers that handle, transmit, store or process information concerning any of these cards, or related card data, are required to be compliant with PCI or face contract penalties or even termination by the credit card... [13 May 2008]
Cheques go up in smoke but plastic is fantastic
News Credit cards have remained static, as has the amount of money paid in cash. It found plastic cards accounted for 65 per cent of all UK spending last year, rising by 11 per cent in value in 2007. The biggest growth is in debit cards, which have... [12 May 2008]
UK online spend up 50 per cent this year
News The results conflict slightly with other data out recently from the British Retail Consortium, which found shoppers were less inclined to use credit and debit cards, preferring to spend only the money they knew they had. [22 Apr 2008]
Credit crunch prompts the great cash comeback
News The economic downturn is prompting a comeback for cash, as shoppers avoid the temptation of spending money they haven't actually got by paying by credit or debit cards. While total retail spending continues to grow, there is a widening gap between... [21 Apr 2008]
Oracle Applications 11i: Credit Cards and PCI Compliance Issues
White Paper This paper will review the credit card processing features of Oracle Applications and will provide general guidance for Oracle Applications implementations on complying with relevant PCI DSS requirements. [16 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment Because most internet crime cases involve misuse of bank accounts and bank or credit cards, how banks treat losses to the customer's accounts is paramount to maintaining consumer confidence in online trading. [15 Apr 2008]
Photos: £1,000 reward for PM's fingerprints
Photo The elaborate stunt has been dreamt up by anti-ID cards campaigners No2ID and Privacy International, who will put up posters in tube stations and pub toilets. The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of UK... [07 Apr 2008]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News The US and the UK data is more valuable than other data because we have very high credit card limits and the cards can be used everywhere in the world. Lemon warned that the internet was fuelling a rise in global credit card fraud and that the UK... [19 Mar 2008]
Photos: The high-tech future of retail
Photo The kiosk in itself isn't a new innovation, but it does feature a Wave & Pay point for near field communication payment cards. Photo credit: Julian Goldsmith Photo credit: Julian Goldsmith Photo credit: Julian Goldsmith [15 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture gets touchy feely with its interactive wall
Photo The displays are driven by multiple Microsoft XP-based workstations equipped with high-end graphics cards. Photo credit: Nick Heath Photo credit: Accenture Photo credit: Accenture Photo credit: Nick Heath [01 Feb 2008]
Photos: Accenture waves goodbye to the wallet
Photo The technology works by putting an NFC reader and transmitter into a phone that can be linked to a bank, loyalty card system or travel account such as Oyster cards. Photo credit: Nick Heath The phone can then be swiped in front of an NFC reader or... [31 Jan 2008]
Comparison site gets smart to beat that competition
Case Study It supports thousands of financial services suppliers, delivering products from credit cards to insurance, mortgages to loans and banking. beatthatQuote.com is one of the increasing numbers of financial services comparison sites that have blossomed... [29 Jan 2008]
Top 10 financial services stories of the year
News Gartner's forebodings for cash were made real with a number of commitments from credit card companies to introduce small-payments contactless chip cards. This is after a major regulatory reform has been accomplished and plastic cards make more in... [17 Dec 2007]
